Removing Voices

[Sakuya]

I have this short music video recorded from a concert and I want to put it on DVD. However, the video has picked up the audience's yells and applause (soft but audible). Is it possible to remove/tone down those sounds (including applause) but keep the singer's voice? :(

I've tried GoldWave's Reduce Vocals function but it serves no purpose at all. :scared:

[Sakuya]

Anybody? :(

[ursamtl]

This is a difficult task. Most vocal remover effects work by reducing or removing midband frequencies from sounds that are centered, which includes the vocals you want to keep. There was a noise reduction software package I recall reading about in an article last year that works graphically. The sounds are plotted graphically and then you can select those graphic representations of the sounds and work on them. This might serve your specific purpose to some degree, but it might only work to a certain extent. Plus if I remember correctly, the software package was expensive. Sorry but I can't remember its name.

You might also try running your audio through an M-S plugin such as mda Imager or MSTools. This separates a stereo into one channel of sounds common to both L and R channels (M for middle) and another channel of sounds that are different between the two (S for side). Most music recordings contain the vocals primarily in the M channel. Thus if you're lucky, the sounds you want to remove might be located predominantly in the S channel. If so, then you might be able to EQ out the sounds while keeping enough stereo information to avoid losing the soundstage.

Let us know how you make out.
Steve.

[Sakuya]

Sorry, I decided to stop with this vocal removing stuff. Hopefully if I convert its stereo to 5.1, the applause and cheers will be lowered somewhat.

[ursamtl]

Originally posted by Sakuya
Sorry, I decided to stop with this vocal removing stuff. Hopefully if I convert its stereo to 5.1, the applause and cheers will be lowered somewhat.

Unfrotunately, they may actually be more apparent. Most of the stereo-to-5.1 methods I've tried tend to enhance details and make them seem almost three-dimensional.

Still nothing wrong with giving it a try!